System, Method, Article of Manufacture of Mixed Reality Based, Biometrically Signed Reusable Physical Financial Instrument

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a reusable physical financial instrument and a system and a method for enabling the financial instrument to perform multiple financial transactions. The financial instrument is capable of creating mixed reality experience when it comes in vicinity of the payor or payee device or ATM. Through the created mixed reality experience, the payor and the payee inputs payor-side and payee-side transaction and biometric data which are stored onto smart chip of the instrument and/or on Cloud Storage using cloud computing interface. The stored payor-side and payee-side transaction data are cross-validated and their biometric data is further verified against golden copy at the respective financial institutions or at the Central Authority&#39;s repositories for performing the financial transaction. Upon completing the transaction, the payor-side and the payee-side data is erased, deleted or invalidated from the smart chip, thus making the financial instrument reusable for performing another transaction.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No.14/200,482, filed on Mar. 7, 2014, which claims priority to IndianPatent Application No. 927/MUM/2013, filed on Mar. 20, 2013, the entiredisclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an article of manufacture i.e. physicalfinancial instrument for performing financial transactions. Moreparticularly, the invention relates to a method and system forperforming more than one financial transaction using the same physicalfinancial instrument.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Financial instruments have significant importance in finance and trade.Such financial instruments have a monetary value associated with themand hence they are used as a tradable asset. Since these financialinstruments carry monetary value vested in them, they are representativeof a legal binding and hence used for non-cash payments or transactionsbetween two parties. There are a number of financial instrumentsavailable in the market in different shapes, sizes and in appearancesuch as a check/cheque, traveler's check/cheque, banker's draft, bill ofexchange, promissory note, certificate of deposit, money orders, paymentcards, demand draft, bonds etc. The financial instruments can benegotiable or non-negotiable. The non-negotiable financial instrumentsare only intended for a payee whose name is mentioned on the financialinstrument. The negotiable instrument however can be claimed by anybearer by presenting his identification during deposit or encashment.These financial instruments may be issued by financial institutions likecentral banks, commercial banks, investment banks, credit unions etc toa payor or a drawer. For issuing these financial instruments, thefinancial institution has to comply with certain set of standards,regulations and has to bear its associated cost during its manufacturingand distribution.

Financial instruments can be used for only one financial transaction andis consummated when settled in cash or electronic funds transfer. Thus,due to their characteristic nature of one-time use, the value of theseconsummated financial instruments i.e., after completing theirtransactional cycle, is exhausted to nothing less than a blank paper orblank object. Moreover, a lot of effort is required for securelyrecycling these consummated financial instruments (usually blank papers)for converting them into new paper products. Also, another concern thatarises is maintenance of separate counters and designation of qualifiedhuman resources for manning these counters in order to securely issue,dispatch, process, and/or receive these financial instruments forperforming the intended financial transactions.

Since, these financial instruments which are issued to the payor arelimited in number, yet another concern comes into scenario wherein, thepayor has to visit the respective financial institutions in-person.After consuming the financial instruments held, the payor may have tophysically visit his respective financial institutions for receiving anew set of financial instruments. Thus, obviating the requirement tophysically visit the financial institution and waiting period forissuance of fresh financial instruments is also an unaddressed need inthe art. Thus, considering the above limitations which exist in thepresent scenario, there is a long felt need for a reusable financialinstrument, a method and a system for enabling the reuse of suchfinancial instrument for performing multiple financial transactionsbetween two parties. Further, there is also a need to maintainauthenticity and security of such reusable instruments and transactionsthereof, since such instrument are prone to counterfeiting and fraud.Having only physical instruments or only electronic instruments have notbeen able to address these concerns. Thus, there is a need for methodand system for security of the data and to ensure integrity;confidentiality of the data associated with the financial transactionsprocessed using the financial instruments. Also, there is no mechanismavailable in the art to aggregate data from various types of financialinstruments on a single financial instrument and then complete thetransaction using the said single financial instrument. Thus, there is along felt need to have an article, system and method that securelyaggregates data from varied types of financial instruments for atransaction. This includes the need for cross-instrument transfer to acommon instrument so that the common instrument acts as a carrierinstrument that can be further processed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Before the present system and method are described and the invention isenabled, it is to be understood that this application is not limited toa particular type of financial instrument, system, and methodologiesassociated therewith, as there can be multiple possible financialinstruments which are not expressly illustrated in the presentdisclosure. The financial instrument according to various embodiments ofthe present invention may be in varied physical forms. It is also to beunderstood that the terminology used in the description is for thepurpose of describing the particular versions or embodiments only, andis not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

The present invention introduces a financial instrument for facilitatingfinancial transactions. The financial instrument being as tangible andreusable comprises a smart chip, a fiduciary marker, at least one ofvisible indicia and invisible indicia. The smart chip is embedded withinthe financial instrument and capable of establishing a wirelesscommunication. Further, the smart chip is configured to store payor-sidetransaction data, payor-side biometric data, payee-side transactiondata, and payee-side biometric data. Further, the fiduciary marker,attached on a surface of the financial instrument, is configured forcreating a mixed reality experience for a payor and a payee.

In one aspect of the present invention, a system is provided forfacilitating a financial transaction between a payor and a payee using afinancial instrument. The system comprises a host processor which isconnected, via a communication network, with a payor device, a payeedevice, an automated teller machine (ATM) or KIOSK, a payor backendserver, a payee backend server, and a central bank backend server.Further, the payor backend server is associated with a payorinstitution, and the payee backend server is associated with a payeeinstitution. Further, the host processor is configured for facilitatingthe financial transaction by down streaming first mixed reality contentto the payor device for interactively engaging the payor to loadpayor-side data upon the financial instrument. The host processor isfurther configured for down streaming second mixed reality content tothe payee device for interactively engaging the payee to inputpayee-side data upon the financial instrument. Further, the hostprocessor is configured for hosting at least one of a deposition andencashment of the financial instrument based upon verification andauthentication of the payor-side data and the payee-side data. Thepayor-side data and the payee-side data are verified and authenticatedagainst previously stored golden copies of the payor-side data and thepayee-side data respectively.

In another aspect of the present invention, a method is provided forfacilitating a financial transaction between a payor and a payee using afinancial instrument. The method comprises connecting, via acommunication network, a host processor with a payor device, a payeedevice, and an automated teller machine (ATM) or KIOSK, a payor backendserver, a payee backend server, and a central bank backend server.Further, the payor backend server is associated with a payorinstitution, and the payee backend server is associated with a payeeinstitution. Further, the host processor is configured for facilitatingthe financial transaction by down streaming first mixed reality contentto the payor device for interactively engaging the payor to loadpayor-side data upon the financial instrument. The host processor isfurther configured for down streaming second mixed reality content tothe payee device for interactively engaging the payee to inputpayee-side data upon the financial instrument. Further, the hostprocessor is configured for hosting at least one of a deposition andencashment of the financial instrument based upon verification andauthentication of the payor-side data and the payee-side data. Thepayor-side data and the payee-side data are verified and authenticatedagainst previously stored golden copies of the payor-side data and thepayee-side data respectively. The method further comprises recycling thefinancial instrument is performed by erasing or invalidating the loadedpayor-side and payee-side transaction data and the biometric data aswell from the re-writable memory storage smart chip of the financialinstrument and issuing a future validity date to the same financialinstrument in order to make it reusable for further financialtransactions.

Yet in another aspect of present subject matter, a method is providedfor performing financial transaction, using a first financial instrumentand a second financial instrument, between a payor and a payee. Themethod comprises receiving, from a payor device of the payor, a scannedimage of the first financial instrument on a payee device of the payee.The scanned image comprises payor-side transaction data associated withthe payor, and wherein the payee device comprises a preinstalled mixedreality means. The method further comprises processing, by the payeedevice, the scanned image in order to extract the payor-side transactiondata. Further, the method comprises creating a mixed reality experienceon the payee device by logging in into the mixed reality means. Themixed reality experience is created in order to transfer the payor-sidetransaction data extracted from the first financial instrument to thesecond financial instrument associated with the payee. Further,payee-side transaction data is populated on the second financialinstrument through the created mixed reality experience. The methodfurther comprises verifying the payee-side transaction data populatedand the payor-side transaction data transferred against previouslystored golden copies of the payee-side transaction data and thepayor-side transaction data, respectively. Further, the method comprisesperforming at least one of deposition and encashment, after theverification, of an amount to be deposited or enchased to the payee,thereby facilitating the financial transaction between the payor and thepayee.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description ofpreferred embodiments, is better understood when read in conjunctionwith the appended drawings. For the purpose of illustrating theinvention, there is shown in the drawings various stages of theinvention; however, the invention is not limited to the specificapparatus and method disclosed in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a financial instrument (100) in the form of a tokenaccording to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an architecture diagram (200) of the financial institutiondesignated ATM or the KIOSK.

FIG. 3 is the system architecture diagram (300) illustrating multipleembodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows an intuitive user interface (336 of FIG. 3) representingmultiple options which is presented to the payor and the payee afterlogging in into the mixed reality means.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention will now be described with respect to various embodiments.The following description provides specific details for understandingof, and enabling description for, these embodiments of the invention.The words “comprising,” “having,” “containing,” and “including,” andother forms thereof, are intended to be equivalent in meaning and beopen ended in that an item or items following any one of these words isnot meant to be an exhaustive listing of such item or items, or meant tobe limited to only the listed item or items.

It will be readily understood that the components of the presentinvention, as generally described and illustrated in the Figures herein,could be arranged and designed in a wide variety of differentconfigurations. Thus, the following more detailed description of theembodiments of the invention, as represented in the Figures, is notintended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merelyrepresentative of certain examples of presently contemplated embodimentsin accordance with the invention.

The presently described embodiments will be best understood by referenceto the drawings, wherein like parts are designated by like numeralsthroughout. Moreover, the diagrams in the Figures illustrate thearchitecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementationsof systems, methods, and financial instrument according to variousembodiments of the present invention.

The present invention generally relates to a physical financialinstrument and a system and a method for enabling the physical financialinstrument for performing multiple financial transactions between apayor and a payee.

In an embodiment of the invention, a tangible, reusable and mixedreality based physical financial instrument hereinafter referred as“financial instrument” is introduced. The financial instrument comprisesa re-writable memory storage smart chip which is capable of establishingwireless communication. The smart chip is capable for storing payor-sideand payee-side transaction data and biometric data.

In accordance with embodiment of the present invention, the “smart chip”comprises a microprocessor, non-volatile memory and associated logic toenable it to work as a stand-alone device. Further, the “smart chip” canalso have a file system configurations and the ability to be partitionedinto public spaces and private spaces that can be made available orlocked. There may be specific blocks or segments within the “smart chip”that are reserved for manufacturer's use, issuer's use and forconsumer's use. The specific blocks or the segments can be locked andmade non-rewritable for use by the intended party only. The “smart chip”may also have segregated areas for storing protected information such ascertificates, e-wallets, unique identifier, and entire operatingsystems. Moreover, the “smart chip” may also contain secure elements.

Both, the payor-side and the payee-side transaction and biometric dataare read-only data and can be deleted, erased or invalidated from thesmart chip by the Central authority or the financial institutions aftercompleting a financial transaction cycle.

The financial instrument further comprises of a “fiduciary marker”attached on its surface. The fiduciary marker is configured for creatinga mixed reality experience for the payor and the payee according to theembodiments of the present invention.

The fiduciary marker can comprise of a customized theme for a financialinstitution, the logo, branding, and specific indicia that designatesthe marker unique and that may also be difficult to be replicated byfraudulent parties. The fiduciary marker may also include Data-Matrix,QR code or any other type of barcodes (1D, 2D etc.). The payor-sidetransaction data comprises payor's name, payor's account number, amountto be debited from the payor's account number, payor's financialinstitution details, a date on which the financial instrument iswritten, a validity date of the financial instrument usage andoptionally the payee name.

The payor-side and payee-side biometric data is in the form of processedbiometric template which can be at least one from a group comprisingfingerprint template, iris, retina, palm vein, finger vein, signaturebiometrics, voice signature, olfactory, vascular patterns, keystroke,face biometrics, hand geometry, DNA, earlobe, heart beat andcombinations thereof. The payor-side and payee-side biometric data forverification can be stored on the rewritable memory storage smart chipon the financial instrument or can reside in a centralized storage orcloud storage maintained by the respective payor and payee financialinstitutions.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the portion of thepayor-side transaction and biometric data is encrypted by the payorusing a payee's public key and further electronically verified ordecrypted by the payee using a payee's private key. However, it shouldbe noted that the present invention is not limited by payee's privateand public key for securely verifying the data and there can be multiplemethods for securing the payor-side transaction and biometric data whichis further explained in embodiments of the present invention.

In one of such methods i.e., “Digital signature technique”, thepayor-side transaction and biometric data is considered as a clear-textread-only data which is not in encrypted form. According to this method,the authenticity of the payor can be verified either by the payee or thefinancial institutions by means of verifying the digital signatureassociated with the clear-text data. The digital signature technique isa known art for ascertaining the authenticity of sender and integrity ofthe data. The method is to obtain a hash of the clear-text and use aprivate key obtained from a public-private key authority to encrypt thehash and the encrypted hash along with payor's public key forms thedigital signature. After loading, the financial instrument is handedover to the payee. On receiving the financial instrument, the payeeascertains that the received financial instrument is from the rightpayor; the payee decrypts the encrypted hash using the payor's publickey and matches the hash made by the payee using the payor data. If thehashes match, the integrity of the data is ascertained. Likewise, theinvention can use standard techniques of ensuring the authenticity ofpayor and payee using X.509 digital certificates and the like.

Yet in another method, a chain of public key or private key is beingused for securely encrypting and decrypting the transaction andbiometric data is that, the payor loads the payor-side transaction andbiometric data and encrypts one copy of the payor-side transaction datawith payee's public key and another copy of payor-side transaction datausing payor bank's public key. Once the payee decrypts the receivedpayor-side transaction data by using payee's private key, then the payeefurther uses payee bank's public key for encrypting the payee-sidetransaction and biometric data which is inputted by the payee. Uponthat, the payor's and the payee's financial institutions will use theirprivate keys to decrypt the payor-side and payee-side transaction andbiometric data respectively during the verification stage. Thus, therecipient of the financial instrument ensures the integrity of the datafrom the predecessor in this chain in distinct stages. Similarly, thepayee-side transaction data comprises payee name, payee's accountnumber, payee's financial institution details and the amount consideredto be deposited into payee's account as written by the payor, and thetimestamp of deposit.

There are risks associated with multiple postings of the same financialinstrument by a payee at multiple banks wherein the payee has inpossession the physical instrument, after having electronicallydeposited the same. In one aspect of the invention, there is averification of the unique reference id associated with the loadedinstrument. This unique transaction reference id relates to theattributes of the loaded payor transaction data and the instrumentidentifier. When the payee presents the instrument during deposit orencash, the unique transaction reference id on the instrument isverified against past transaction history and pending transactions atthe backend server thereby averting the risk of multiple postings.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the mixed realityexperience is created when a payor logs to a pre-installed mixed realitymeans from a payor device or from a financial institution designatedAutomated Teller Machine (ATM) or the KIOSK hereinafter referred as“ATM” and focuses an image capturing unit of the payor device or of theATM onto the fiduciary marker of the financial instrument. Through thecreated mixed reality experience on the payor device or on the ATM, thepayor is enabled to input payor-side transaction and biometric datawhich further gets wirelessly stored onto the smart chip of thefinancial instrument.

The purpose of storing the payor-side transaction and biometric data isto load the financial instrument with a certain amount which isconsidered to be deposited to the payee's account or could also been-cashed by the payee. After loading the financial instrument by thepayor, the financial instrument is handed over to the payee in order todeposit or en-cash the considered amount from the financial instrument.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the mixed realityexperience is created when a payee logs on to the pre-installed mixedreality means from a payee device or from the ATM and focuses the imagecapturing unit of the payee device or of the ATM onto the fiduciarymarker of the financial instrument. Similarly, through the created mixedreality experience on the payee device or on the ATM, the payee isintuitively enabled to input payee-side transaction and biometric datawhich is wirelessly stored onto the smart chip of the financialinstrument.

The financial instrument further comprises of a unique visible orinvisible indicia associated with the financial instrument. The visibleindicia may be embossed, engraved or printed on the surface of thefinancial instrument. In yet another embodiment, the invisible indiciaget visible in stimulating radiation at the designated KIOSKs to detectany counterfeit financial instruments.

The payor device or the payee device can be a handheld computing devicesuch as phone, laptop, iPad etc. or a computing device like a PC orworkstation.

The mixed reality means enables mixed reality experience, an augmentedreality, augmented virtuality, and virtual reality and comprise of text,graphical, animation, image, audio, multimedia, haptic, visual userinterface or combinations thereof.

In some alternative embodiments of the present invention, the financialinstrument can further comprise of a display means, a speaker, an inputmeans, an authentication means and a rechargeable battery for providingpower backup to the financial instrument. The input means can be a PINPad or entry device or by means of touch and the display means can be aliquid crystal display, a light emitting means that flicker during datatransfer events, e-Ink based very low power display or can be anyalternative display means. The authentication means can include abiometric sensor or can be used in combination with the input means.

In some embodiment of the invention, the PIN Pad can be an effectivemeans to deactivate or even destroy the financial instrument duringforced coercion or threat or under duress and later may be re-activatedby the financial institution when the threats conditions cease.

In some another alternative embodiments of the invention, the financialinstrument can be in a form of rigid material with a unique clingingsound, wherein the clinging sound is audibly distinguishable to thepayor or the payee in relative to a clinging sound associated with ananother financial instrument or its counterfeit counterparts.

Yet, in some another alternative embodiments of the invention, thefinancial instrument can be a thin stamp or a sticker having a watermarkwhich is structured in such a way that makes the financial instrumentunique in relative to another watermark based stamp or sticker likefinancial instruments.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the financial instrumentcan be in a form of a token, card, disc, jeton, paper, film, plastic,polymer, glass, coin etc.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the smart chip forms alogical connection when the financial instrument comes in the vicinityof the payor's, payee's device or the ATM/Kiosk.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the system is introducedfor performing the financial transaction between the payor and thepayee, wherein the system comprises of the financial instrument having awireless communication means, a fiduciary marker and the smart chip. Thesmart chip is capable of storing the payor-side transaction andbiometric data, unique transaction reference id, as well as thepayee-side transaction and biometric data. The system further comprisesof the payor device, the payee device, a payor financial institution andits associated backend server, a payee financial institution and itsassociated backend server, a central bank and its associated backendserver, the ATM and a host processor.

The term “wireless communication means” shall also be taken as a pairingcommunication means and can be radio frequency, Bluetooth, a WirelessFidelity (Wi-Fi), a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access(WiMAX), ZigBee, Near field communication (NFC), Infrared DataAssociation (IrDA), satellite or other mobile technologies supportingwireless communication. The pairing of the device and the financialinstrument can be based on image/light processing, NFC,motion/accelerometer etc.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the host processor isremotely connected in a communication network with the payor device, thepayee device and with the ATM at one end. The host processor is furtherconnected with the backend server of the payor financial institution,backend server of the payee financial institution and with backendserver of central bank through the communication network. Each of thebackend servers further comprises of a repository and a mixed realitysupporting means.

The terms “payor institution” and “payee institution” should beequivalently considered for the terms “payor financial institution” and“payee financial institution” throughout the specification.

The repository of the payor institution's backend server stores a goldencopy of the payor's biometric data, wherein the golden copy of thepayor's biometric data is an authorized and validated copy of thepayor's biometric data which is considered as a reference forauthorizing and validating the existing payor's biometric data which isstored on the smart chip of the financial instrument at the time ofdepositing or en-cashing the financial instrument.

Similarly, the repository of the payee institution's backend serverstores a golden copy of the payee's biometric data, wherein the goldencopy of the payee's biometric data is an authorized and validated copyof the payee's biometric data which is considered as a reference forauthorizing and validating the existing payee's biometric data which isalso stored onto the smart chip of the financial instrument at the timeof depositing or en-cashing the financial instrument. Further, it is tobe considered that the regulations or standards such as InternationalOrganization for Standardization (ISO) and Biometric ApplicationProgramming Interface (Bio-API) standards, in place for financialinstitutions, are duly complied for during the enrolment, storage,processing and verification of biometric samples.

Similarly, the repository of the central bank's backend server storesboth the above discussed golden copy of the payor's biometric data andthe golden copy of the payee's biometric data which is also consideredas a reference for authorizing and validating the existing payor-sideand payee-side biometric data which is stored on the smart chip of thefinancial instrument at the time of depositing or en-cashing thefinancial instrument.

The mixed reality supporting means of each of the backend servers of thepayor institution, the payee institution and the central bank isconfigured for supporting and storing a mixed reality content which isdown-streamed and displayed on a display of the payor device, the payeedevice or on a display of the ATM for interactively engaging the payorand payee with the mixed reality experience. The mixed reality contentcomprises of text, graphical, animation, image, audio, multimedia,haptic, visual user interface or combinations thereof. The mixed realitycan include avatar having speech recognition capabilities and voicebiometric authentication capabilities.

In a scenario when the payor has to load the financial instrument withthe payor-side transaction and biometric data, the host processor isconfigured to establish a wireless communication through thecommunication network between payor device and the payor institution'sbackend server in order to downstream the mixed reality content on adisplay of the payor device. The wireless communication is establishedwhen the payor logs on to the pre-installed mixed reality means from thepayor device and the image capturing unit of the payor device is focusedon the fiduciary marker of the financial instrument. Alternatively, thepayor can also log on to the pre-installed mixed reality means from theATM in order to load the financial instrument. The down-streamed mixedreality content comprises of an intuitive interface for interactivelyengaging the payor to load the payor-side transaction data and thepayor's biometric data onto the financial instrument. A uniquetransaction reference id is generated by the server and sent to thepayor's device and also stored at the payor institution's back endserver for later verifications.

In another scenario when payee has to deposit or en-cash the loadedfinancial instrument, the host processor is further configured toestablish a wireless communication through the communication networkbetween the payee device or the ATM with the payee institution's and/orthe central bank's backend server in order to downstream the mixedreality content on display of the payee device or on display of the ATM.The wireless communication is established when the payee logs on to thepre-installed mixed reality means from the payee device or from the ATMand image capturing unit of either of the payee device or of the ATM isfocused on the fiduciary marker of the financial instrument. The downstreamed mixed reality content comprises of the intuitive user interfacefor interactively engaging the payee for inputting payee-sidetransaction data and payee's biometric data in order to deposit ORen-cash an amount considered to be deposited at the payee institution.

Upon establishing the wireless connection according to the abovediscussed two scenarios between the payor institution, the payeeinstitution, the ATM, the central bank and the backend servers of thepayor institution, the payee institution and the central bank, the hostprocessor is further configured for hosting the deposit or encashment ofthe loaded financial instrument by validating the financial instrument'svalidity. The unique transaction reference id on the smart chip isverified against the reference id stored on the financial institution'sbackend server against the risks of multiple postings described earlier.Upon verifying and authenticating both the payor-side and payee-sidetransaction and biometric data from the financial instrument in relativeto the previously stored golden copy data of the payor's and the payee'sbiometric data, a series of electronic instructions are issued by thepayee's financial institution for initiating transfer of funds frompayor's account to the payee's account by means of transferring data.The transferring data between the payor's and the payee's financialinstitutions enables for preparing accounting entries in order to debitan amount from payor's account and credit the debited amount to payee'saccount which is considered to be deposited, thus completing thefinancial transaction.

As discussed above, the pre-stored golden copy of the payor biometricdata and the payee biometric data is stored at the repository of thecentral bank's backend server or at the repositories of payorinstitution's and payee institution's backend servers.

Thus, upon completing the financial transaction between the payor andthe payee, the stored payor-side and payee-side transaction data andbiometric data which is stored onto the smart chip of the financialinstrument can be deleted, erased or invalidated by recycling thefinancial instrument in order to make the financial instrument reusablefor further financial transactions between a payor and a payee. Thefinancial instrument can be recycled by the payee financial institutionor the central bank at the end of the transaction cycle and/orexplicitly by the payee himself by selecting the recycle option in theuser interface of the mixed reality experience.

According to some other embodiments of the invention, a method ofconducting an aggregate deposit of multiple financial instruments to atarget financial instrument is described. According to this scenario,multiple payors having their loaded financial instruments and a singlepayee having the target financial instrument is considered. The methodof aggregate deposit is useful when there is a single counter or pointof contact where the multiple financial instruments are to be deposited.Here, a person representing the counter or the point of contact isconsidered as the payee having a single financial instrument i.e., thetarget financial instrument which is associated with payee's account andthe payee having the payee device with the mixed reality means installedtherein. The payee device is in wireless communication with the payeeinstitution and its associated backend server and with the central bankand its associated backend server. The multiple financial instrumentsare collected at the counter or the point of contact, wherein eachfinancial instrument is already loaded by its respective payor. Aftercollecting the multiple loaded financial instruments, the step ofdepositing of each financial instrument is performed by the payee.

The payee i.e., the person representing the counter or the point ofcontact selects one of the financial instruments from the multipleloaded financial instruments and logs on to the pre-installed mixedreality means from the payee device. After logging in into the mixedreality means, the payee focuses the image capturing unit of payeedevice onto the attached fiduciary marker of selected financialinstrument for creating a mixed reality experience. From the mixedreality experience, the payee is first verified to be the intendedrecipient of the financial instrument and thereafter the payor-sidetransaction and biometric data which is stored on the smart chip of theselected financial instrument is extracted for verification andvalidation, a unique transaction reference id is generated by the serverand sent to payor's device before transfer to the target instrument. Theextracted payor-side transaction and biometric data is verified againstthe pre-stored golden copy of payor-side transaction and biometric databefore transferring the extracted payor-side transaction and biometricdata onto the target financial instrument. Once the payor-sidetransaction and biometric data is verified, the payee further transfersthe extracted and verified payor-side transaction and biometric dataonto the target financial instrument for deposit thereon.

Thus, the step of extraction, verification and transferring of thepayor-side transaction and biometric data is individually performed foreach of the financial instruments from the collected multiple financialinstruments by the payee.

After extracting, verifying and transferring the payor-side transactionand biometric data of each financial instrument, the financialinstruments are recycled by means of erase or invalidation of thepayor-side transaction and biometric data from each financial instrumentin order to make it reusable for further financial transactions.

Thereafter, the target financial instrument containing the multipleverified payor-side transaction and biometric data is deposited by thepayee in order to deposit the multiple amounts of each financialinstrument which is considered to be deposited into the payee's accountat payee institution.

Yet, according to another embodiment of the invention, a method fortransferring the payor-side transaction and biometric data from one typeof financial instrument (scanned image) to another type of financialinstrument i.e., the physical financial instrument according to thepresent subject matter is introduced. Thus, the financial instrument maybe used as a carrier instrument for transferring the payor-sidetransaction and biometric data. According to this method the payorhaving a payor device captures images of the front and rear faces of thefinancial instrument, endorses them and transfers the image to the payeedevice. The transferred scanned image of the financial instrument isalready loaded with the payor-side transaction data by the payor. Inanother method, the payor may directly hand over the financialinstrument to the payee, after loading the payor-side transaction andbiometric data onto the financial instrument. Upon receiving the scannedimage of the financial instrument, the payee introduces the scannedimage of the financial instrument by logging in into the pre-installedmixed reality means from the payee device. The payee will provide thepayee-side biometrics, the type of the financial instrument andpayor-side transaction data is extracted by an image processing means.The image processing means can be provided by the payee institution oralternatively can also be obtained as a service from third partysources. A unique transaction reference id is generated at the serverthat relates to the attributes of the payor-side transaction data andthe instrument identifier and sent to the payee device. This uniquetransaction reference id on the smart chip is verified against thereference id stored on the financial institution's backend server duringpresentment against the risks of multiple postings described earlier.

The scanned image of the financial instrument can be in a form ofCheck21 or any type of electronic or image format of the financialinstrument. In one embodiment, the scanned image of the financialinstrument may be selected from a group comprising a check, a traveler'scheck, a demand draft, money order, a bond, a certificate of deposit andcombinations thereof. It is to be noted that the scanned image of thefinancial instrument comprises a full set of warranties and indemnitiesapplicable to banks of first deposit and clearing banks which enableselectronic presentment from payor to payee under the Uniform CommercialCode and extends existing Check 21 regulations between payor and payee.According to embodiments of present subject matter, the payor-sidebiometric data may be stored on cloud and a reference id associated tothe payor-side biometric data may be included with the scanned image ofthe financial instrument. The image processing means of the payee deviceis also capable for endorsing, voiding and for assigning item numberingto the financial instruments.

After the extraction, the payee focuses the image capturing unit of thepayee device on the payee's financial instrument which is in thephysical form and the mixed reality experience is created on the payeedevice. From the created mixed reality experience, the payee stores theextracted payor-side transaction data and further populates thepayee-side transaction and biometric data onto the smart chip of thepayee's financial instrument (physical form). Alternatively, thereference of the response data stored on the Cloud can be stored on thefinancial instrument in case of storage space issues on the embeddedmemory.

The payor-side transaction data comprises of an amount which isconsidered to be deposited at the payee's account or can also been-cashed by the payee.

Both, the populated payee-side transaction and biometric data and theextracted and stored payor-side transaction and biometric data from thefinancial instrument is verified and authenticated in relative to thepreviously stored golden copy data of the payor's and the payee'sbiometric data which is stored at the central bank's repository or atthe payor and payee institution's repository. After the verification andauthentication, the amount which is considered to be deposited at thepayee's account gets deposited at the payee's account or en-cashed bythe payee.

In another embodiment of the invention, multiple antedated or post-datedpayments can be made by the payor to the payee using a single financialinstrument. By facilitating the antedated or the post-dated payments tothe payee, the payee can realize the transactions when the value dateapproaches and the loaded amount is blocked or reserved for the futurepayments so that the payee is assured of receiving the amount duringdeposit or encashment.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a cloud computinginterface is introduced for the payor's financial institution and forthe Central Bank. The payor can send the payor-side transaction data andthe payor's biometric data to the cloud computing interface in order tobe processed. Upon processing the payor-side transaction data and thepayor's biometric data sent by the payor, a hash or a metadata or areference key is generated. The hash or the metadata or the referencekey generated is sent to the payor and is stored onto the re-writablememory storage of the chip. Thereafter, the financial instrument ishanded over to the payee. In a similar manner, the payee can send thepayee-side transaction and biometric data to the cloud computinginterface for processing and store the response reference key on to thesmart chip.

Yet in another embodiment of the invention, an immersive mixed realityexperience is introduced. Through the immersive mixed realityexperience, the financial instrument is enabled for being communicableby wireless means in order to store the electronic stream of data ontothe financial instrument. All the parties in the payment space may benotified regarding the intent, interaction, user behavior and relatedactions. Further, verifying a unique transaction reference id stored onthe smart chip with the backend server helps in tracking theinstrument's usage. Further, any suspicious activity or tampering withthe structured workflows is alerted to all the parties involved therebyaverting threats in the transaction. Also, the payor-side and thepayee-side transaction data as well as biometric data lead to anelectronic verification of the parties involved in the transactionensuring non-repudiation of the data. Therefore, through the abovediscussed straight-through-processing technique saves processing timeduring the electronic verification.

Yet in another embodiment of the invention, the payee is also enabled toconvert the financial instrument received by the payor into a negotiablefinancial instrument. The negotiable financial instrument is payable tothe order of an identified person through a special endorsement or tothe bearer of the instrument through a blank endorsement so that thenegotiable financial instrument can be used in lieu of cash payments.

In another embodiment of a method for aggregation deposit from aplurality of financial instruments by means of transfer of thepayor-side transaction data from one type of financial instrument(scanned image) to another type of physical financial instrument whichis the subject matter of the invention is introduced. According to thismethod the payor hands over physical financial instruments such aschecks to the payee. The payee logs on to the pre-installed mixedreality means from the payee device and focuses on the fiduciary markerusing the image capture device and selects the ‘Instrument Transfer’option from the user interface and is now allowed to select the type ofinstrument and scan the physical document of the financial instrument,say a check and thereby extract the transaction data associated with it.The present invention can be used, to deposit other types of financialinstruments, as a carrier instrument for cross-instrument transfer.However, the clearing and settlement processes for the respectivetransferred instruments will be in place to complete the ecosystemneeded for the processing. Both the payor institution and the payor arenotified during this deposit or encash stage. Next, the preferredembodiments of the present invention will be described below based ondrawings.

FIG. 1 shows a financial instrument (100) in the form of a tokenaccording to an embodiment of the present invention. The financialinstrument (100) is capable for performing multiple financialtransactions between a payor and a payee. The financial instrument (100)which is in the form of a token (102) comprises of the fiduciary marker(104), unique indicia (106) the smart chip (108) and an antenna (114).The smart chip (108) is wirelessly communicable and re-writable memorystorage smart chip (108). The smart chip (108) is further capable forstoring payor-side transaction and biometric data and the payee-sidetransaction and biometric data. Both, the payor-side and payee-sidetransaction and biometric data can be deleted, erased or invalidatedfrom the smart chip (108) after completing at least one financialtransaction cycle.

Further, the financial instrument (100) may also include an input means(116), a speaker (118), a display means (120), an authentication means(122), a microcontroller with embedded memory (110) and a rechargeablebattery (112).

FIG. 2 is an architecture diagram (200) of the financial institutiondesignated ATM or the KIOSK i.e., referred as “ATM”. The ATM comprisesof an enclosure (202), a deposit slot (204), fingerprint reader (206),moving pedestal having biometric reader (208), wireless connectivity(210), face recognition camera (212), an iris capture device (214), IPphone (216), interactive display (218), cash dispenser (220), printreceipt dispenser (222), The enclosure (202) further comprises an imagecapturing unit (not shown in the diagram) and wireless reader (not shownin the diagram) for reading the wirelessly communicable smart chip (108of FIG. 1) of the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1). The entirehousing of the said ATM is secured in communication with on-boardPKI-like security infrastructure for the sensitive user data.

The financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) is placed into the enclosure(202) by a payor or by a payee for different purposes. One of suchpurpose is when the payor wants to load the financial instrument (100 ofFIG. 1) by inputting the payor-side transaction and biometric data.Similarly, another purpose is when the payee wants to deposit or en-cashthe financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) which is loaded and given bythe payor.

Taking into consideration the above discussed purposes, as soon as thefinancial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) is placed into the enclosure (202)depending upon the wireless connectivity (210), the image capturing unitof the enclosure (202) gets activated and focused on the fiduciarymarker (104 of FIG. 1) of the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) forcreating a mixed reality experience on the interactive display (218) ofthe ATM.

For creating the mixed reality experience, the fiduciary marker (104 ofFIG. 1) of the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) sends a request tothe mixed reality supporting means {(308 of FIG. 3) or (316 of FIG. 3)or (324 of FIG. 3)} of their respective backend servers {(304 of FIG. 3)or (312 of FIG. 3) or (320 of FIG. 3)}. The intended mixed realitysupporting means to which the request is sent, responds by downstreaming the mixed reality contents which is represented in the form ofan intuitive user interface (336 of FIG. 4) of the interactive display(218) of the ATM. The ATM may further include a “token dispenser” (224)for issuing financial instruments for a payor.

In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the ATMcan also use optical means for providing a user interface to a payor anda payee for the purpose of loading and depositing/en-cashing thefinancial instrument.

The interactive display (218) can be a touch-screen based display forinteractively engaging the payor and the payee to load, deposit oren-cash the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1). It can also be enabledwith audio, haptic, textual, visual, animated, graphical and augmentedcontent like avatars that provide an intuitive and immersive experience

In some other embodiments of the invention, the ATM is also capable forsupporting different types of biometric authentication. For this, thedifferent biometric authentication means such as the face recognitioncamera (212), the iris capture device (214) and the IP phone (216) areprovided. These biometric authentication means {(212), (214), and (216)}gets activated and positions itself in response of the moving pedestalhaving the biometric reader (208). Further, it should be noted that,with the help of the interactive display (218) and the availablebiometric authentication means {(212), (214), and (216)}, the presentinvention can also be carried out by a visually disabled person.

FIG. 3 is the system architecture diagram (300) illustrating multipleembodiments of the present invention. The system comprises of thefinancial instrument (100 of FIG. 1), the payor device (330), the payeedevice (334), the mixed reality means (332), a payor financialinstitution (302) and its associated payor backend server (304), a payeefinancial institution (318) and its associated payee backend server(320), a central bank (310) and its associated central bank backendserver (312), the ATM (FIG. 2) and a host processor (326).

The host processor (326) wirelessly connects the payor device (330), thepayee device (334) and the ATM (FIG. 2) through the communicationnetwork (328) at one end. The host processor (326) is further connectedwith the payor backend server (304), the payee backend server (320) andthe central bank backend server (312) at another end. Each of thebackend servers further comprises of a repository and a mixed realitysupporting means.

Considering a scenario when a payor wants to load the financialinstrument (100 of FIG. 1) from the payor device (330), the hostprocessor (326) is configured to establish a wireless communicationthrough the communication network (328) between the payor device (330)with the payor backend server (304) in order to downstream the mixedreality content on a display of the payor device (330). The wirelesscommunication is established when the payor logs to the pre-installedmixed reality means (332) from the payor device (330) and the imagecapturing unit of the payor device (330) is focused on the fiduciarymarker (104 of FIG. 1) of the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1).

In an alternative embodiment of the invention, a payor can also log onto the pre-installed mixed reality means (332) from the ATM (FIG. 2) inorder to load the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1). The downstreamed mixed reality content comprises of an intuitive user interface(336) for interactively engaging the payor to load the payor-sidetransaction and biometric data which gets further wirelessly stored ontothe smart chip (108) of the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1).

Considering an another scenario, when the payee has to deposit oren-cash the loaded financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) at an ATM (FIG.2), the host processor (326) is further configured to establish thewireless communication through the communication network (328) betweenthe payee device (330) or the ATM (FIG. 2) with the payee backend server(320) or the central bank backend server (312) in order to downstreamthe mixed reality content on to the display of the payee device (330) oron an interactive display (218 of FIG. 2) of the ATM (FIG. 2). Thewireless communication is established when the payee logs on to thepre-installed mixed reality means (332) from the payee device (330) orfrom the ATM (FIG. 2) and the image capturing unit of either of thepayee device (330) or the ATM (FIG. 2) is focused on the fiduciarymarker (104 of FIG. 1) of the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1). Thedown streamed mixed reality content comprises of an intuitive userinterface (336) for interactively engaging the payee for inputtingpayee-side transaction data and biometric data in order to deposit ORen-cash an amount considered to be deposited at the payee institution.

After establishing the wireless connection according to the abovediscussed two scenarios, the host processor (326) is further configuredfor hosting the deposit or encashment of the loaded financial instrumentby validating the financial instrument's validity and the validity ofthe transaction. The host processor (326) hosts the verification andauthentication of both the payor-side and payee-side transaction andbiometric data from the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) in relativeto the previously stored golden copy of the payor's and the payee'sbiometric data. The golden copy of the payor biometric data is stored inthe repository (306) of the payor backend server (304) or at therepository (314) of the central bank backend server (312). Similarly,the golden copy of the payee biometric data is stored in the repository(322) of the payee backend server (320) or in the repository (314) ofthe central bank backend server (312).

Thus, upon verifying and validating the payor-side and payee-sidetransaction and biometric data in relative to the pre-stored golden copydata, the amount considered to be deposited gets deposited into thepayee's account at payee financial institution (318) or en-cashed fromthe cash dispenser (220) of the ATM (FIG. 2).

Thus, upon completing the financial transaction between a payor and apayee, the stored payor-side transaction and biometric data andpayee-side transaction and biometric data which is stored onto the smartchip (108 of FIG. 1) of the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) can bedeleted, erased or invalidated by recycling the financial instrument(100 of FIG. 1) in order to make the financial instrument (100 ofFIG. 1) reusable for further financial transactions between the payorand the payee.

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For performing the financial transaction between a payor and a payee,the payor having the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) and the payordevice (330 of FIG. 3), the payor device (330 of FIG. 3) having themixed reality means (332 of FIG. 3) installed in it. The financialinstrument (100 of FIG. 1) is issued to the payor by the payor financialinstitution (302 of FIG. 3) or from the central bank (310 of FIG. 3) orcan be dispensed from the token dispenser (224) of ATM (FIG. 2).Further, the mixed reality means (332 of FIG. 3) is issued to the payorand the payee, by the payor financial institution (302 of FIG. 3) andpayee financial institution (318 of FIG. 3) respectively.

The financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) having the fiduciary marker(104 of FIG. 1) attached on its surface is configured for creating themixed reality experience for the payor and the payee. The mixed realityexperience is created when the payor logs on to a pre-installed mixedreality means (332 of FIG. 3) from the payor device (330 of FIG. 3) andfocuses the image capturing unit of the payor device (330 of FIG. 3)onto the attached fiduciary marker (104 of FIG. 1) on the financialinstrument (100 of FIG. 1). From the created mixed reality experience anintuitive user interface (336 of FIG. 4) is displayed on the display ofthe payor device (330 of FIG. 3). The intuitive user interface (336 ofFIG. 4) displays multiple different options (shown in FIG. 4) i.e.,“LOAD TOKEN”, “DEPOSIT TOKEN”, “ENCASH TOKEN”, “AGGREGATE DEPOSIT”,“VIEW TOKEN”, “INSTRUMENT TRANSFER”, “RECYCLE TOKEN”, “RESET TOKEN”,“STOP PAYMENT” and “REVOKE STOP PAYMENT” which can be further selectedby the payor and the payee.

In the embodiments of the invention, the “VIEW TOKEN” option may bechosen by the payee in order to view the payor-side transaction dataloaded by the payor. The payee can also select the “AGGREGATE DEPOSIT”option in order to perform an aggregation deposit from a plurality offinancial instruments into a target financial instrument (physicalfinancial instrument). Similarly, the “INSTRUMENT TRANSFER” option canbe chosen by the payee in order to perform cross-instrument transfer (inthe form of a scanned image). Further, the payee or payor can alsoselect the “RECYCLE TOKEN” option in order to recycle the financialinstrument after performing the financial transaction. Moreover, the“RESET TOKEN” can be chosen by the payor or the payee in order to resetthe data entered by the payor or the payee. By choosing the “RESETTOKEN” option, the payor or the payee can also edit the data, whereinthe payee is not allowed to edit the payor-side data. Yet from thedisplayed option in the intuitive user interface (336 of FIG. 4), thepayor can select the “STOP PAYMENT” option in order to stop theprocessing of an financial instrument which is already loaded with thepayor-side data and given to the payee. Thereafter, in order to revokethe “STOP PAYMENT” option chosen by the payor, the payor can furtherselect the “REVOKE STOP PAYMENT” option.

According to the present scenario, a payor selects a “LOAD TOKEN” optionfor inputting the payor-side transaction and biometric data which getswirelessly stored onto the smart chip (108 of FIG. 1) of the financialinstrument (100 of FIG. 1) through the created mixed reality experience.Thus, the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) gets loaded with thepayor-side transaction and biometric data.

Alternatively, a payor can also load the financial instrument (100 ofFIG. 1) from the ATM (FIG. 2). For this, the payor logs to thepre-installed mixed reality means (332 of FIG. 3) from the ATM (FIG. 2)and place the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) into an enclosure(202 of FIG. 2) of the ATM (FIG. 2). The enclosure (202 of FIG. 2) ofthe ATM (FIG. 2) is capable for holding the financial instrument (100 ofFIG. 1) and also having an image capturing unit attached therein. Uponplacing the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) into the enclosure (202of FIG. 2), the image capturing unit is activated and focused on theplaced financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) for creating the mixedreality experience. From the created mixed reality experience the userinterface (336 of FIG. 4) is displayed with multiple options on theinteractive display (218 of FIG. 2) of the ATM (FIG. 2). From thedisplayed multiple options of the intuitive user interface (336 of FIG.4) the payor selects the “LOAD TOKEN” option in order to input thepayor-side transaction and biometric data which is wirelessly storedonto the smart chip (108 of FIG. 1) of the financial instrument (100 ofFIG. 1) through the created mixed reality experience. Thus, a payor canload the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) by logging in into thepre-installed mixed reality means (332 of FIG. 3) from the payor device(330 of FIG. 3) or from the ATM (FIG. 2).

After the payor loads the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1), it ishanded over to the payee in order to deposit or en-cash the financialinstrument (100 of FIG. 1).

For depositing the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1), a payee logs oninto the pre-installed mixed reality means (332 of FIG. 3) from thepayee device (334 of FIG. 3) and focuses the image capturing unit of thepayee device (334 of FIG. 3) onto the attached fiduciary marker (104 ofFIG. 1) of the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) for creating a mixedreality experience. From the created mixed reality experience, theintuitive user interface (336 of FIG. 4) is displayed on the display ofthe payee device (334 of FIG. 3). From the displayed user interface (336of FIG. 4), the payee selects “DEPOSIT TOKEN” option by which the payeeis prompted to input the payee-side transaction and biometric data whichget wirelessly stored onto the smart chip (108 of FIG. 1) of thefinancial instrument (100 of FIG. 1). Optionally, the payee can alsodeposit the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) by logging in into thepre-installed mixed reality means (232 of FIG. 2) from the ATM (FIG. 2).

The smart chip (108 of FIG. 1) having payor-side and payee-sidetransaction and biometric data respectively is verified andauthenticated against the previously verified and authorized golden copyof the payor's biometric data and payee's biometric data. The payor-sidetransaction data comprises of an amount which is considered to bedeposited into the payee's account at payee financial institution (318of FIG. 3). Also, the amount can be en-cashed by the payee which isfurther explained in the other scenarios of the invention where thepayee wishes to en-cash the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) byselecting the option “ENCASH TOKEN” from the user interface (336 of FIG.4). Thus, after verifying the existing payor-side transaction andbiometric data and payee-side transaction and biometric data against thegolden copy of the payor-side and payee side transaction and biometricdata respectively, the amount which is considered to be deposited getsdeposited into the payee's account at the payee financial institution(318 of FIG. 3).

In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, thepayee can also choose a split option of deposit and encash at an ATM(FIG. 2). By choosing the split option, a portion of the amount in thefinancial instrument can be deposited into the payee's account at thepayee financial institution (318 of FIG. 3) and the rest of the amountcan be en-cashed from the ATM (FIG. 2) where the financial instrument ispresented for en-cashing.

In another scenario, where a payee wants to en-cash the financialinstrument (100 of FIG. 1), the payee is required to visit the ATM (FIG.2). The payee logs on to the pre-installed mixed reality means (332 ofFIG. 3) from the ATM (FIG. 2) and places the financial instrument (100of FIG. 1) into the enclosure (202 of FIG. 2) of the ATM (FIG. 2). Theenclosure (202 of FIG. 2) having the image capturing unit attachedtherein gets activated and focused on the fiduciary marker (104 ofFIG. 1) of the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) for creating themixed reality experience. From the created mixed reality experience, theintuitive user interface (336 of FIG. 4) is displayed on the interactivedisplay (218 of FIG. 2) of the ATM (FIG. 2). From the displayed userinterface (336 of FIG. 4), the payee selects “ENCASH TOKEN” option bywhich the payee is prompted to input the payee-side transaction andbiometric data which is wirelessly stored onto the smart chip (108 ofFIG. 1) of the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1).

The smart chip (108 of FIG. 1) having the existing payor-sidetransaction and biometric data inputted by the payor and the existingpayee-side transaction and biometric data inputted by the payee isverified and authenticated against the previously stored golden copy ofthe payor's biometric data and the payee's biometric data. Thepayor-side transaction data comprises an amount which is considered tobe deposited or en-cashed by the payee.

Thus, after verifying the existing payor-side transaction and biometricdata and payee-side transaction and biometric data against the goldencopy of the payor-side and payee side transaction and biometric datarespectively, the amount which is considered to be en-cashed by thepayee is dispensed from the cash dispenser (220 of FIG. 2) of the ATM(FIG. 2). Thus, the payee can collect the dispensed amount from the ATM(FIG. 2).

After depositing or en-cashing the financial instrument (100 of FIG. 1)i.e., after successfully performing the financial transaction, thefinancial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) is further placed into the depositslot (204 of FIG. 2) of the ATM (FIG. 2) in order to recycle thefinancial instrument (100 of FIG. 1) by deleting or erasing orinvalidating the stored payor-side transaction and biometric data andpayee-side transaction and biometric data. Thus, by recycling thefinancial instrument (100 of FIG. 1), it becomes reusable for performinganother financial transactions.

The methodology and techniques described with respect to the exemplaryembodiments can be performed using computer-implemented system or othercomputing device within which a set of instructions, when executed, maycause the said computer-implemented system to perform any one or more ofthe methodologies discussed above. The said computer-implemented systemmay include a processor embedded within the said computer-implementedsystem which is configured for executing the said programmedinstructions or the said set of instructions. The saidcomputer-implemented system is configured for executing programmedinstructions or set of instruction to perform a particular task.According to the embodiments of the present invention, thecomputer-implemented system may also operate as a standalone device.

Although the invention has been described in terms of specificembodiments and applications, persons skilled in the art can, in lightof this teaching, generate additional embodiments without exceeding thescope or departing from the spirit of the invention described herein.

We claim:
 1. A financial instrument (100) for facilitating financialtransactions, the financial instrument (100) comprises: a smart chip(108), embedded within the financial instrument (100), capable ofestablishing a wireless communication, wherein the smart chip (108) isconfigured to store payor-side transaction data, payor-side biometricdata, payee-side transaction data, and payee-side biometric data; afiduciary marker (104) attached on a surface of the financial instrument(100), wherein the fiduciary marker (104) is configured for creating amixed reality experience for a payor and a payee; and at least one ofvisible indicia (106) and invisible indicia (106) present on thefinancial instrument (100).
 2. The financial instrument (100) of claim 1further comprises an antenna (114), input means (116), display means(120), authentication means (122), a speaker (118), a microcontrollerwith embedded memory (110), and a rechargeable battery (112).
 3. Thefinancial instrument (100) of claim 1, wherein the smart chip (108) ishaving re-writable storage configured for establishing a wirelesscommunication for the financial instrument (100) with payor's device(330) and payee's device (334), wherein the payor device (330) and thepayee device (334) comprises at least one a phone, a laptop, an iPad, apersonal computer, a workstation, and an automated teller machine (ATM)or KIOSK (200).
 4. The financial instrument (100) of claim 1, whereinthe financial instrument (100) is in a form of at least one of: a rigidmetal with a unique clinging sound, wherein the clinging sound isaudibly distinguishable to the payor or the payee in relative to aclinging sound associated with an another financial instrument; a thinstamp or a sticker having a watermark which is structured in such a waythat makes the financial instrument unique in relative to anotherwatermark based stamp or sticker like financial instruments; and a token(102), a card, a disc, a jeton, a paper, a film, a plastic, a polymer, aglass and a coin.